Springfield Lyons Bronze Age Enclosure

Nearest town:
Chelmsford (3km SW)
OS reference:
TL735081
OS sheet:
167
Latitude:
51° 44' 39.08 N
Longitude:
0° 30' 48.33 E
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Image of Springfield Lyons Bronze Age Enclosure by GLADMAN

The Citizen Cairn admits to being gob-smacked at the scope of this Bronze Age enclosure... having shopped at Chelmsford countless times, yet never venturing here before. South-western arc looking very approx north to the industrial estate... and site of cursus.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Nov 20, 2021
Image of Springfield Lyons Bronze Age Enclosure by juamei

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juamei Jan 31, 2016

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Visitors might have to stop, pinch themselves and note that... yes... this is indeed Essex.

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GLADMAN Nov 21, 2021

Miscellaneous

Springfield Lyons Bronze Age Enclosure
Enclosure
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juamei Jan 31, 2016

pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=879402

A circular enclosure c60m in diameter was examined. Pottery and bronze metal-working moulds from the primary ditch silts indicate a Late Bronze Age date. Later features include a Saxon cremation and inhumation cemetery and Saxon or later post-hole building. (1)

Further grass and cremations were located bringing the total of burials to c150. One of the inhumations was enclosed by a small ring-ditch. Four more Saxon buildings were identified, belonging to at least two phases, together with a number of pits and other features. (2)

Excavation of a circular cropmark enclosure at Springfield, confirmed a Late Bronze Age date for the enclosure. The interior of the enclosure was totally excavated, providing a good plan of all features which had survived subsequent activity at the site. Late Bronze Age features included several post-hole structures, and the post-holes of the revetment for an internal bank. Also located were features and finds of Neolithic/Early Bronze Age and Roman date, an Early Saxon cemetery and a Late Saxon settlement. (3)

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